Trump sends clear message federalizing National Guard for LA riots: This is not 2020

As riots and immigration protests grip Los Angeles, President Donald Trump is determined not to repeat the violence of 2020.

In recent days, Trump administration officials have pointed to the riots that broke out in Minneapolis in 2020 after the death of George Floyd at the hands of a white police officer, singling out Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, a Democrat, for slow-walking the activation of the National Guard. 

Now, Trump is at odds with another Democratic governor — this time California's Gavin Newsom — as the president moves to deploy and federalize thousands of National Guard troops along with hundreds of Marines in an effort to prevent Los Angeles from suffering the same fate as Minn...